Dennis Lipscomb
Acting
- Born:
- 1942-03-01
- Died:
- 2014-07-30
- Place of birth:
- Westbury, New York, USA
Biography
Dennis Lipscomb (March 1, 1942 - July 30, 2014) was an American actor. Lipscomb's first feature film was Union City (1980). From the early 1980s to the 1990s, Lipscomb appeared in key roles in various motion pictures including Love Child (1982), WarGames (1983), Eyes of Fire (1983), The Day After (1983), A Soldier's Story (1984), Crossroads (1986), Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987), Retribution (1987), Sister, Sister (1987), The First Power (1990) and Under Siege (1992). Lipscomb also had a recurring role as mayor of the fictitious town of Sparta, Mississippi in the first season of In the Heat of the Night (1988). In more recent years, Lipscomb has guest starred on television commercials and shows, including WKRP In Cincinnati, T.J. Hooker, and Wiseguy (1987; CBS) as Sid Royce/Elvis Prim. To a younger audience he is perhaps best known as DCI Peter Sterling in Spycraft: The Great Game.
Known For
Filmography
The Medicine Show
The Guardian
The Invisible Man
Mystery Kids
Roswell
Felicity
Fired Up
Apollo 11: First Steps on the Moon
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Automatic
Without Warning
ER
Party of Five
The Force
Diagnosis: Murder
seaQuest DSV
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Undercover Blues
The X-Files
Curaçao
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Under Siege
Renegade
Melrose Place
Death Ring
Jack's Place
Rewrite for Murder
Perry Mason: The Case of the Glass Coffin
Cop Rock
Ferris Bueller
The First Power
Prime Target
She Knows Too Much
Retribution
Wiseguy
Sister, Sister
Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
L.A. Law
Slow Burn
Crossroads
Matlock
The Blue Yonder
Amazing Stories
Moonlighting
Highway to Heaven
A Soldier's Story
Call to Glory
The Day After
Eyes of Fire
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
WarGames
The A-Team
Farrell: For the People
Love Child
Penitentiary II
T. J. Hooker
Falcon Crest
The Greatest American Hero
Hill Street Blues
Union City
WKRP in Cincinnati
Wings Of Ash
CHiPs
Le Grand Silence
Barney Miller
Little House on the Prairie
The Wonderful World of Disney